Someone who cares about the suffering of sentient creatures, and therefore does not consume eggs, milk, or meat, as well as abstaining from wearing animals or using products tested on them.
Meat-eaters are harmful to the environment, not vegans. They are the main cause of world hunger by wasting land to feed overbred cows who will become tortured and killed. Meat is an inefficient resource, and also requires a lot of oil in production. Don't say veganism is bad for the environment.
God warned against animal cruelty, and preched compassion. Many references made to meat were metaphoric or not referring to flesh. Most scholars believe Jesus didn't even eat fish, so don't use the pseudo-Christian argument either.
Finally, b12 and protein can be obtained from plants. Beans, nuts, and seeds are rich in protein, and many other plant based foods contain it as well. Seaweed, yeast, and raw organic foods have b12, and it also can be grown as a bacteria.
Debeaking, beating, tail-docking, ear-clipping, confinement, etc. aren't humane. There's no excuse for not being vegan.
The arguments against veganism are very ignorant.
The word vegan means compassion.
Meat-eaters are harmful to the environment, not vegans. They are the main cause of world hunger by wasting land to feed overbred cows who will become tortured and killed. Meat is an inefficient resource, and also requires a lot of oil in production. Don't say veganism is bad for the environment.
God warned against animal cruelty, and preched compassion. Many references made to meat were metaphoric or not referring to flesh. Most scholars believe Jesus didn't even eat fish, so don't use the pseudo-Christian argument either.
Finally, b12 and protein can be obtained from plants. Beans, nuts, and seeds are rich in protein, and many other plant based foods contain it as well. Seaweed, yeast, and raw organic foods have b12, and it also can be grown as a bacteria.
Debeaking, beating, tail-docking, ear-clipping, confinement, etc. aren't humane. There's no excuse for not being vegan.
The arguments against veganism are very ignorant.
The word vegan means compassion.
by John September 4, 2003
One who clings to an absurd, phoney "ethic" that is wholly unsupported.
"Vegans" are, almost without exception, juvenile, whiny, soppy, clueless urbanites. They ALWAYS start by claiming to live a "cruelty-free" lifestyle, until the horrible flaw in their own claim is pointed out to them; namely, that tens of thousands of animals are killed in producing the supermarket veggies they happily shovel into their big, fat, gaping pie-holes.
"Vegans" then ALWAYS retreat to claiming they somehow cause "less harm" than non-vegans. This is also unsupportable; someone who buys a half of a grass-fed beef (many, many meals for one death) is certainly causing "less harm" than a whiny, drippy "vegan" shoveling supermarket rice into their cake-hole (many deaths for one meal.)
"Veganism" is sanctimonious self-righteousness parading as an "ethic;" the "ethical" claims of "vegans" are recognized as false by anyone with more than three active brain cells. "Vegans" follow no moral principle; only a cheap, easy, and stupid rule: "Don't put animal parts in your mouth."
The animals killed by "vegans" matter to them not at all - NOT AT ALL - as long as they don't have to see the carcasses.
"Vegans" are, almost without exception, juvenile, whiny, soppy, clueless urbanites. They ALWAYS start by claiming to live a "cruelty-free" lifestyle, until the horrible flaw in their own claim is pointed out to them; namely, that tens of thousands of animals are killed in producing the supermarket veggies they happily shovel into their big, fat, gaping pie-holes.
"Vegans" then ALWAYS retreat to claiming they somehow cause "less harm" than non-vegans. This is also unsupportable; someone who buys a half of a grass-fed beef (many, many meals for one death) is certainly causing "less harm" than a whiny, drippy "vegan" shoveling supermarket rice into their cake-hole (many deaths for one meal.)
"Veganism" is sanctimonious self-righteousness parading as an "ethic;" the "ethical" claims of "vegans" are recognized as false by anyone with more than three active brain cells. "Vegans" follow no moral principle; only a cheap, easy, and stupid rule: "Don't put animal parts in your mouth."
The animals killed by "vegans" matter to them not at all - NOT AT ALL - as long as they don't have to see the carcasses.
by Signedupman June 29, 2005
Mike: Oh, hey Ja- Oh my God!!! What are you doing? What did that colony of peaceful All-Organic, Free-Range, Non-Pesticide-Covered Broccoli ever do to you? Vegan!
Jack: Die! Die!!!
Jack: Die! Die!!!
by Broccoli_Are_People_Too October 27, 2010
by Ariliana July 4, 2012
Person who doesn't eat anything that a vegetarian won't, and also doesn't drink animals' breast milk or eat the result of chickens' periods. They don't use any animal products at all, including leather, fur and musk.
by Crazy-sheep-girl July 27, 2006
A current cultural phenomenon.
Being a vegan is popular trend among the youth of today. These teens and young adults claim to not eat or use any animal products. What most of these trend following kids fail to realize is that many things they don't even know about contain animal products.
Many vegans like to hang out together and go get tattooed and pierced while listening to "hardcore" music and being "straight edge".
Most tattoo inks contain animal by-products.
Vegans will fade out as the next trend becomes popular.
There will be a great surge in the tattoo removal business.
Being a vegan is popular trend among the youth of today. These teens and young adults claim to not eat or use any animal products. What most of these trend following kids fail to realize is that many things they don't even know about contain animal products.
Many vegans like to hang out together and go get tattooed and pierced while listening to "hardcore" music and being "straight edge".
Most tattoo inks contain animal by-products.
Vegans will fade out as the next trend becomes popular.
There will be a great surge in the tattoo removal business.
Everyone I know is a vegan, so I became one too!
Awwwwww, we saved those cute cows! Ooooh, look at that leather jacket!
Awwwwww, we saved those cute cows! Ooooh, look at that leather jacket!
by xenobia April 25, 2004
Those who choose to ignore the fact that Humans are Omnivorous, have teeth specialized for ripping meat, are likely candidates for Veganhood. It also helps if you are a total pussy.
by master of all things good and meaty December 25, 2005